In this article we look at Personalised Management. Sam Sly is a registered social worker with 25 years of extensive experience working in regulation, health and social care as a field worker, commissioner and provider and she gives us an overview of her knowledge in this important subject.

This Dementia tool published by Progress for Providers will help you check the progress in delivering a personalised service for people living with Dementia. It asks you to look at the practices, policies, knowledge and skills of you and your workers and at the experience of the person with dementia and their family.

No Assumptions: A Narrative for personalised, coordinated care and support in mental health is a resource to help NHS, council commissioners and providers of services organise person-centred care based on what people with live experience of mental illness say is important to them.

The resource was co-produced by TLAP and National Voices with people with mental health needs from TLAP’s National Co-production Advisory Group, the National Survivor User Network, Mind, Rethink Mental Illness and Certitude.

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Over the past two years, Skills for Care’s Innovation Fund has supported a number of projects aimed at people who employ their own care and support staff and personal assistants (PAs). The learning from these projects is now available from a series of new case studies.

Suffolk Brokerage overcame the challenges of engaging with individuals who did not see themselves as employers

Liverpool Personal Service Society led consultations to identify what people wanted from their PAs, with personal qualities and values emerging as particularly important

The Dudley Centre for Inclusive Living developed an empowering approach for individuals, resulting in training designed by disabled people for disabled people

CareMatch developed a contact database with the ultimate aim of developing a community based service to ensure social inclusion and improve support for both people with disabilities and those supporting them

Ruils created five short films looking at areas of training for PAs. The films can be freely accessed online via a link in the case study.

A new Personalisation guide for mental health has been published with the aim of increasing the number of people with mental health problems accessing personal budgets.

Paths to Personalisation, published by the National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi), offers examples of what needs to be in place to make personalisation work in mental health. It provides examples drawn from latest practice and policy and up-to-date sources of advice for people.

Personalisation means thinking about public services and social care in an entirely different way – starting with the person and their individual circumstances rather than the service. SCIE is producing an extensive range of work, engaging those who most need to be aware of the implications of personalisation. Continue reading …

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This Personalisation toolkit publication “Making it Personal for Everyone” talks readers through how Dimensions (UK) Ltd changed what they offer people and their families by breaking down every aspect of their ‘bundled’ support packages. Dimensions (UK) Ltd is part of the New Dimensions Group, which is the UK’s second largest voluntary provider of support for people with learning difficulties.

SCIE (Social Care Institute for Excellence) is developing a series of ‘At a glance’ personalisation briefings to present an overview of the implications for different professional groups involved in the transformation process. These briefings are currently available for commissioners, homecare workers, housing providers and carers.

The Care Certificate Workbook from Skills for Care is a free downloadable resource aimed at supporting the training process and helping employers and their new health and social care workers to cover parts of the Care Certificate. The Care Certificate Workbook has been produced following the piloting of the Care Certificate, which indicated employers would […]

This communicating with people with a learning disability guide from Mencap is designed to provide a brief introduction to communication, and the problems faced by someone with a learning disability. It also contains tips on how you can be a better communicator, and how you can help someone with a learning disability to get their […]

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published guidance on sensible risk assessment in care settings. The guidance covers a range of areas such as moving and handling and falls. Click here to view this guidance.

This free Advanced Planning for People with Bipolar Disorder guide has been developed by NHS and university partners and is based on extensive research involving people with Bipolar Disorder. We feel it has huge potential to support people with Bipolar Disorder by helping them to retain control as well as protect their welfare, property and […]

Social Care TV is a large library of videos on social care, covering adults and young people services, it is run by the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE). It is free to access and focuses on the English care system but can used across the United Kingdom. All the films on Social Care TV […]